Resultados da Pesquisa: the mystery rivers of tibet por ward f kingdon

London: Cadogan Books, 1986. (1986), 316pp, map, 'Plant Hunters Series', slight soiling & shelfwear to cover, light soiling to pg edges, light foxing to a couple pgs, otherwise contents clean & unmarked.. Trade Paperback. Very Good -/No Jacket.

London: Cadogan Books, 1986. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 418 8vo. With an introduction by Geoffrey Smith. Coloured frontispiece. In Cadogan's Plant Hunters series. Condition notes: A little wear to the rear cover, four leaves creased as the result of manufacturing fault, otherwise internally clean, bright and sound.

London: Cadogan Books. Very Good with no dust jacket. (1986). Softcover. 0946313520 . No signatures.; 1986 paperback reprint of a title first published in 1923. [8], [5], 14-316, [3], [1 (blank)] pages. With 3 maps (2 full page, 1 double page). 1 in-text illustration "Sketch Across Glacier Foot, Ka-Kar-Po". This edition does not have the plate illustrations of the 1923 first edition. This edition with a 3 page Introduction by Geoffrey Smith. Contents: Through the Kachin Hills to China; Across the Chung-Tien Plateau; Flowers and Glaciers; The Meadows of Do-Kar-La; Ka-Kar-Po, the Sacred Mountain; Plant Hunting on the Sierra; By the Turquoise Lake; With the Pilgrims to Do-Kar-La; The Start for Tibet; By the Yu River; On the Road to the Salween; Dwarfs and Slaves; Amongst the Lutzu; Lisu and Nung; The Road to the Taron; The Monsoon Salween; Back to Tra-Mu-Tang; Through the Granite Gorge; The Rise of Tsa-Wa-Rong; The End of the Journey; The Return; Appendix; Index. .

1986 CADOGAN BOOKS, LONDON. SOFTBACK. NEAR FINE. . VERY GOOD SOFTBACK COPY. INTRODUCTION BY GEOFFREY SMITH. ONE OF THE 'PLANT HUNTER' SERIES.

Asian Publication, 1985. Hardcover. Very Good. in x in x in. Asian Publication, India reprint 1985. Pages clean and bright, binding firm, minor shelf wear to dust jacket, price clipped.

London: Seeley Service & Co, 1923 . First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 9" by 6.5". Not Stated. The very scarce first edition of Franks Kingdon-Ward's study of the people, plants and fauna surrounding the rivers of Tibet. The first edition of this very scarce work. Francis Kingdon-Ward was an English botanist, explorer and plant collector. In this work, he describes in impressive detail 'the little-known land where Asia's mightiest rivers gallop'.Illustrated with twenty-two photographic images, and with three sketch maps, and one large folding map. Collated, complete.Many of these images are devoted to depicting the people, mountains and rivers of the region.With four pages of advertisements to the rear.With the stamp 'Disposed of by the Royal Institution' to the front free pastedown, alongside the inscription of J. F. Coals. Blind stamp to the title page.A bright example of this very scarce work. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Bumping to back strip head and tail, with closed tear to spine… Ler mais